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Friday, June 4, 2010

White Wonder Cake

From the kitchen of One Perfect Bite...Do you remember Lewis Carroll's famous verse, "You are old, father William..."? I do. Every foolish word is etched in my brain, claiming space that should be, but is not, used for things of more importance. Worse still are the insults omitted from the rhyme. I bumped bellies with another one of them today. To my horror, I've discovered that an 8-inch cake is no longer large enough to hold all my birthday candles. I'm bummed. I've dealt graciously with wrinkles and knees that squeak in the night, but this latest is the cruelest of indignities. I refuse to serve overflow cupcakes at my own birthday party. Especially cupcakes made with my favorite White Wonder Cake batter. I first had this cake when I was ten years old and, for sentimental reasons, it has remained my favorite birthday cake. I think the recipe was originally printed in a Farm Journal cookbook, but I can't find any reference to the cake on the internet. It is a truly white cake that is filled with lemon curd and frosted with a icing that is barley kissed with the scent of lemon. The candles are optional and I trust those of you who love me not to count them. All seventy are there. I like the cake enough to think you might enjoy it too. Here's the 9-inch version of White Wonder Cake.

Happy Birthday Mary! May today and the coming year bring you lots of blessings, happiness and inspiration for many more wonderful blog posts!Your cake looks and sounds delicious, wish I had a piece right now :o)

Happy Birthday Mary! I love that little notebook of recipes with your handwriting! And i do like how the cake looks - simplicity is the key..so simple and yet so pretty with all the lovely pink candles! Happy Birthday!!

Mary, This cake looks absolutely amazing. Thank you for sharing it. It does sound and look a little familar and I do have an old Farm Journal cookbook. I think I have made it before but it has been many years. I will have to make this cake very soon.

I do remember that poem and the cake name seems somewhat familiar to me also. I quit doing the actual number of candles long, long ago lest I burn down the house. We just use the number candles and are done with it!

Mary, yours is one of the first I look for when I do my blog reading in the morning. I was so excited the first time you commented on ours as your posts (and comments) are always so kind. In honor of your birthday we will be having White Wonder Cake today. Hope you had a wonderful, happy birthday full of family, love and laughter.xoxo Pattie and Allie

Happy Birthday dear Mary!!!Hope you have a fantastic day and don't worry because age means experience and knowledge.Your cake must be delicious and I understand why is one of your favourites.Lots of love for you,Lia,

Hi again, and Happy Birthday! Love that the solution to the problem of the 8" cake being too small for the candles is to make a bigger cake!! FAAAAABULOUS! Sadly, my dental troubles continue, so what the hell! May as well have cake!!!

Happiest Birthday wishes to you, dear Mary! Lovely cake with sweet memories. Most years my kids make a lemon cake with lemon frosting for my August birthday. It is a box cake, yet yummy and thoughtful. I might volunteer and make this delicious looking cake.

Happy Birthday, Mary!! A beautiful cake with pretty pink candles. A toast to you...may the year ahead be good to you. May you find health, happiness and perhaps a glittering pot at the end of the rainbow. So nice getting to know you. God Bless.

Happy Birthday Mary! What a wonderful milestone! Surely it is a badge of honour to have too many candles for your cake. And what a fabulous cake it is!All my very best wishes for your birthday and the year ahead!

Many many happy returns of the day mary, may god bless you with lots of happiness & success and wish all your dreams come true....Thats really very beautiful cake with lovely candles on it...hope you have a great day with your loved ones

Count your garden by the flowersNever by the leaves that fall;Count your days by golden hoursDon't remember clouds at all.Count the nightsby stars, not shadows,Count your life by smiles, not tears,And with joy on every birthdayCount your age by friends, not years. Happy, happy birthday my dear.

Happy Birthday Mary...so nice of you to give us the gift of this recipe. Coming from a bakery family, we never had home made cakes growing up, but I have made up for it as an adult. I will absolutely try this recipe.

Mary - you are such a great writer (and cook!) 'Squeeky knees in the night...' - LOL! Apparently, when it comes to cakes, you and I are soul mates. I get so much flack for wanting a simple (but really good) white cake for my birthday cake every year. I actually love a chocolate cake also but for my birthday it HAS to be white, and all the better with some lemon curd tucked inside.

I have been haunted by the most perfect white cake I've ever tasted that I had over fifteen years ago at my sister's wedding. It had the most delicate, yet flavorful crumb, and I had the honor of polishing off the leftovers (that held up in the fridge for a week without drying out!)

SO - I will try this recipe with fingers crossed that maybe, just maybe I've finally found a comparable recipe!

Happy happy birthday and thanks so much for sharing this gem of a recipe!

Happy Birthday Mary! The cake is fantastic and what a great one with all that lemon flavor to celebrate with. We love white cake here and I will have to try this one soon. Don't worry about all the candles, I'm not too far behind you. Life is wonderful and you have a wonderful day!!!

Happiest of Birthdays, dear Mary! I'm so glad I met you in this blog world. :-) You inspire, delight and encourage me every day. :-) I love the picture of your handwritten recipe. My Mum and Grandma have similar books and it makes me smile. :-)

Happy Birthday to you Mary!! I hope you had an absolutely wonderful birthday filled with love, friends and family :) This cake sounds out of this world fantastic. I really enjoy lemon flavors in my desserts.

I am so glad I stumbled onto your blog. You left a comment on Healthy Wife Happy Life, and I couldn't resist drooling over your post on this cake. It is so refreshing to see a white cake made from scratch, and not from a box. That's how I like it!

I really love this blog and haven't visited for awhile, more's the pity. I'm featuring you as my Pink Saturday friend this week. I love your recipes and also your photos very much. Those candles! Happy birthday to you!

What a wonderful thing, to have a cake recipe that has lasted the test of time! I love that it is hand written, just love it, what a treasure. Can't wait to give this a spin. Hoping that you birthday was wonderful.

Well, it took me 70 years to scroll down to the comment box!! I am so tired....ha! Happy birthday--such a sweet looking cake with all those crowded pink candles (did I say crowded..ooooops). I love the pink and the white together and the cake looks great! You can always start sticking the candles out of the sides in porcupine fashion you know! ...that is just a note for future celebrations ;-)

Hello dear Mary, first I want to thank you for the cherry info. When we arrived home they were still fine and now they are pitted and frozen. I am saving them for preserves to make with my daughter during grandkids week. Yum.

HAPPY HAPPY BIRTHDAY Mary. We are the same age. Seventy??? How did this happen? I still feel young! The mirror tells the truth. sigh!

Your cake is lovely and I love the story behind it. The candles really make me smile. I hope your day was wonderful.

Hugs, Jeanne

PS: I think my original comment timed out or something. If this posts twice I am sorry.:)

What a luscious and perfectly lovely looking cake. Can I stand in line for my "one perfect bite," please? I adore anything with citrus and especially lemon curd and love all of the pretty pink candles!!! Thanks Mary for always sharing your best.

Happy Birthday, Mary! I saw your cake on Pinterest and decided to stop by and I'm happy to see that it is perfect timing so I can wish you a WONDERFUL birthday!!!! God bless you, and may you have many, many more happy bdays!Best,GloriaP.S. Your cake looks delicious!

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